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The Adventures of Tintin: BBC Radio Drama

by: BBC Radio 5

Publication date: 1992-01-17

Topics: Radio, Drama

Language: English

The swashbuckling adventures of Tintin, the intrepid investigative reporter, based on the classic comic series. The young adventurer is aided by his faithful dog Snowy and his friend the brash Captain Haddock, and sometimes hindered by incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson.

The character was created in 1929 by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who used the pen name Hergé. Tintin was introduced in Le Petit Vingtième, a weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle. A young man with a round face and quiff hairstyle, Tintin is depicted as a precocious, multi-talented reporter who travels the world accompanied by Snowy. Subsequent to the original comic series, Tintin has appeared in numerous plays, radio shows, television shows and feature films.

‘The Adventures of Tintin’ was a radio series broadcast by BBC Radio 5 in 1992 and 1993. Twelve thirty-minute episodes were broadcast over two series followed by a special fifty-minute Christmas episode.

Series One

Based upon the stories by Hergé

Adapted by Simon Eastwood

Music by Roger Limb

Produced and Directed by John Yorke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1992

The Black Island

Tintin and Snowy travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Puschov ..... Nigel Carrington

Ivan ..... Terrance Edmond

Müller ..... Fraser Kerr

Ranko ..... Peter Elliott

The Secret of the Unicorn

Tintin and Haddock discover a riddle left by Haddock's ancestor, the 17th century Sir Francis Haddock, which could lead them to the hidden treasure of the pirate Red Rackham.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Barnaby ..... Colin McFarlane

George Bird ..... Neil Roberts

Max Bird ..... Brett Usher

Mr. Silk ..... Clarence Smith

Red Rackham’s Treasure

Continuing on from The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin and Captain Haddock launch an expedition to the Caribbean to locate the treasure of the pirate Red Rackham.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

The Parrot ..... Peter Elliott

Destination Moon

Tintin and Haddock receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a government facility to plan a crewed mission to the Moon.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Baron ..... Andrew Wincott

Mr. Baxter ..... Stephen Thorne

Announcer ..... Theresa Streatfield

Passport Control ..... Clarence Smith

Explorers on the Moon

Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thomson and Thompson are aboard humanity's first crewed rocket mission to the Moon.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Baron ..... Andrew Wincott

Mr. Baxter ..... Stephen Thorne

Colonel Jorgen ..... Colin McFarlane

Tintin in Tibet

Tintin goes in search of his friend Chang Chong-Chen, who the authorities claim has died in a plane crash in the Himalayas. Convinced that Chang has survived and accompanied only by Snowy, Captain Haddock and the Sherpa guide Tharkey, Tintin crosses the Himalayas to the plateau of Tibet, along the way encountering the mysterious Yeti.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Tharkey ..... Neil Roberts

Desert Lightning ..... Brett Usher

Burning Fire ..... Eric Allen

Chang ..... Paul Caughtney-Hugh

Shining Light ..... John Church

Series Two

Based upon the stories by Hergé

Adapted by Simon Eastwood

Music by Roger Limb

Produced and Directed by John Yorke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1993

The Seven Crystal Balls

Tintin and Captain Haddock investigate the abduction of Professor Calculus and its connection to a mysterious illness which has afflicted the members of an archaeological expedition to Peru.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Tarragon ..... Stephen Thorne

Castafiore ..... Linda Polan

Chiquito ..... Andrew Wincott

Prisoners of the Sun

Continuing on from The Seven Crystal Balls, Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock continue their efforts to rescue the kidnapped Professor Calculus by travelling through Andean villages, mountains, and rain forests, before finding a hidden Inca civilisation.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Chiquito ..... Andrew Wincott

Huaskar ..... Stephen Thorne

Zorrino ..... Neil Roberts

The Calculus Affair (Parts 1 and 2)

Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock come to the rescue of Professor Calculus, who has developed a machine capable of destroying objects with sound waves. There are kidnapping attempts by the competing European countries of Borduria and Syldavia.

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Nestor ..... Stephen Thorne

Taxi Driver ..... Steve Hodson

Cutts ..... Charles Kay

Castafiore ..... Linda Polan

Irma ..... Melanie Hudson

Bordurian Officer ..... John Fleming

The Red Sea Sharks (Parts 1 and 2)

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Nestor ..... Stephen Thorne

Dawson ..... Nigel Carrington

Abdullah ..... Cyril Jenkins

Receptionist / Slave Leader ..... Akim Mogaji

Rastapopulos ..... Stephen Thorne

Pilot ..... Akim Mogaji

Parker ..... David Holt

Castafiore ..... Linda Polan

Mull Pasha ..... Nigel Carrington

The Castafiore Emerald

When the legendary opera diva Bianca Castafiore comes to stay at Marlinspike Hall, Captain Haddock's family estate, she creates more than chaos with the subsequent theft of her emerald.

Bianca Castafiore ..... Miriam Margolyes

Tintin ..... Richard Pearce

Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs

Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay

Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries

Calculus ..... Stephen Moore

Nestor ..... Stephen Thorne

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993